The Invocation at the Washing Area Inside the Restroom

Question:
This questioner says: The washing area is inside the restroom. Is it permissible for us to make the invocation (tasmiah) inside the restroom at the washing area?

Answer:
If it is said, as Imam Ahmad said, that the invocation in ablution is obligatory, then you make it even if you are in the restroom, because you do not leave an obligatory act in order to avoid a disliked one, since the remembrance of Allah in the restroom is disliked. So if you want to perform ablution, you make the invocation and do not leave the obligatory act. As for the view of the majority, which is that the invocation is a recommended practice (sunnah), leaving it off has no effect; you leave it off in the restroom. And now, the restroom is different from what it was before. Before, the excretions, impurities, urine, and feces were present in the place. But now, the excretions go away with the water and leave no trace, no smell, and nothing else, so the matter is lighter than it was before. Yes.